Where does “ջիգիթ” come from?

ջիգիթ (Armenian) comes from Russian джиги́т, from Proto-Turkic jigit, from Proto-Turkic *yegit.

ջիգիթ (Armenian): dzhigit

Definitions

  1. dzhigit

Ancestry of “ջիգիթ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianджиги́тdzhigit (djigit, jigit) (a skilled horseman in the Caucasus and Central Asia)
2Proto-Turkicjigityoung male adult; young man, brave man
3Proto-Turkic*yegit—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *yegit →Every word from Proto-Turkic jigit →Every word from Russian джиги́т →